Animated Poetry by Katie Rose Waechter
Category Archives: Inspirational Resources
The Social Revolution – Remember Me
“We are our greatest gift.” Imagine everything we have and will be able to achieve with a world of shared emotion. Tomorrow is in our hands. Together, we can make it a better place.
I’m Taking my Ball and Going Home
A poem about acceptance. A poem about loneliness. A poem about belonging. Scott is what we all are.
Mathematics
Mathematics is powerful poem on immigration and what that means today. With over 65 million people displaced from their homes in 2015 due to conflict and persecution, it’s time we start looking at immigrants and refugees differently.
Be Phenomenal
Be Phenomenal Part 2 – Motivational Video
Want to accomplish your dreams? Want to fulfill your destiny? Want to do something with you life? You got to RUN AFTER YOUR DESTINY to make it happen. Need a kick in the butt to get started? Watch this video.
The Flower With a Dream
Animated Poetry by Katie Rose Waechter
The flower with a Dream
I watch the flower
on the lady’s shirt in front of me
float away,
But every time I look back
there it still lays.
Forever stuck in a sea of cotton,
pretending to be free
with petals shaped to move.
The flower sees me looking.
Me, moving freely.
And it almost turns green with envy
but not really because
its color can never change
while it lays on the cotton shirt.
Perhaps one day it will learn
to move.
I doubt it
but who am I to stifle dreams.
– Katie Rose Waechter
I am Not Black, You are Not White
I Am Not Black, You Are Not White by Prince Ea
“I am not black, You are not White” is a powerful spoken word poem about tearing down labels and seeing each other for who we truly are.
Meet the Wolfpack
But What’s Wrong with Chester?
Cute video with a powerful message. Just like this pack, people have friends and family that are a part of our packs. It is important to look out for each other, and to reach out when you or a member of your pack is suffering with a mental health problem. As this video points out, 1 in 4 people suffer with a mental health problem each year. It is more common than you think and, more than likely, you know someone who is suffering right now. Talk to them before it is too late. Everyone needs a little extra love sometimes.
Don’s Voice.
Not Impossible Labs Presents: Don’s Voice
Amazing video displaying the use of technology to help those in need accomplish simple, yet life-changing, daily tasks, such as talking. This story not only emphasizes how technology can change one man’s life for the better, but also the commitment family members dedicate to be there for someone suffering with challenging medical conditions. It is a story of love.
Pretty
Pretty by Katie Makkai
In honor of International Women’s day, I have selected the powerful poetry of slam poet Katie Makkai. This was one of the first slam poems I found on YouTube after first discovering the art of slam poetry. This poem makes me redefine the word pretty, and recognize that there is so much more I will be.